Set focus to textbox when searching on mobile

[ChrisBeach]

Searching on mobile requires two taps: the search button, then the text field.

Can focus be set to the textfield after the search button is pressed? This seems to be the behaviour on desktop.

[cpradio]

This is a dup of

Auto focus cursor in search box on mobile

When users tap on magnifying glass on mobile, It would provide a smoother experience if we could auto-focus the cursor in the search box and bring up the keyboard. Any issues with this?

But from this, it is intentionally not doing it.

Auto focus cursor in search box on mobile

No, it was removed some time ago because iOS has terrible scrolling issues when you auto focus on elements that have fixed positioning. In general any auto focus on fixed items is disabled everywhere on the site.

[codinghorror]

Is this really a problem on mobile full page search? I doubt it as there is nothing to scroll when you tap on search. We should place focus here on mobile.

(at least when triggering the first search. after you have results, there may be something to scroll?)